11mm Jury Award

Hertha BSC’s manager Michael Preetz, Alba Berlin’s vice president and film scholar Henning Harnisch, the Italian correspondent for all things football Birgit Schönau and the festival director of Offside Fest from Barcelona make up the jury that will decide on which film will be awarded the first ever 11mm Jury Award.

Of these six, two address the theme ‘Football and Power.’ The first is the festival’s opening film ‘The Workers Cup’, which follows the diverse laborers who are working to construct the World Cup stadiums in Qatar, the host country of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The second is ‘Men in the Arena’ about two Somali national players that, despite unimaginable obstacles, manage to follow their dreams to become professional footballers.